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By Slade Sohmer on December 8, 2013

A third week of protests are underway in and around Kiev’s Independence Square, where hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians are furious with President Viktor Yanukovich’s decision to scrap a landmark deal with the European Union in favor of closer ties with Russia.

Some of that anger manifested itself on Sunday in the systematic toppling and eventual decapitation of a Vladimir Lenin Statue in Kiev.

Ultimately the question might be, “Why is there a statue of Lenin in Kiev in 2013?” Some Instagram videos of the action follow below: